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Have I Got A Bit More News For You - 4/5

Britannia High: Let's Dance - ITV aims for the High School Musical demographic with this museical drama set in a performing arts school. It's really, really bad. The script and acting are particularly dire and, if you think think about it, these are pretty important! That said, Gary Barlow's songs are poptastic and the choreography is good and rather than get depressed by the fact it is, unquestionalby, crap, against my critical faculties I did find it rather uplifting and will watch again - 3/5

Railway Walks: The Whisky Train - seemed to puff by in about 7 minutes and I hadn't touched a drop - 4/5

Grand Designs: The Wool Mill, Yorkshire - a very nice conversion, though the shower was in a stupid location. Looked like one of those modernist portaloos you find in civic squares these days. Situating it above a wide atrium was just plain weird - 5/5

Little Britain USA: Episode 1.4 - 4/5

Katie & Peter: The Next Chapter: 23rd October - I don't know why I've never watched one of Katie's shows before because I've been a fan for years. I enjoyed it though and despite a certain degree of tackiness (too much pink, Katie) she comes across quite well. She clearly works hard and enjoys what she earns. Peter Andre seems like a really nice guy too - 4/5

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Samson and Delilah - viewing figures have dropped significantly in the US, but that didn't stop Fox putting in a full 22-episode order, so here we are again for more robotic goodness, headed up by the ever delightful Summer Glau. Sarah who? - 4/5

Secret Diary Of A Call Girl: Episode 2.8 - an ultimately dispappointing series fizzles out into nothingness. Billie, you need to get back into shape for next year - 3/5

No Heroics: Monkey Gone To Heaven - I really hope we get a second season of this. It's great stuff - 4/5

Grey's Anatomy: Physical Attraction... Chemical Reaction - it's official, I hate Meredith Grey. She must be the most unlikebale character on TV and that's saying something given the wide variety of sociopaths we invite into our living rooms these days - 4/5

Grand Designs: The Gothic House, Monmouth - ended up about as gothic as a suburban semi, but never mind. At least the staircase was nice - 4/5

Grand Designs: The Self-Build, Birmingham - 4/5

The Daily Show: 27th October - 4/5

Entourage: Gotta Look Up To Get Down - 5/5

Tim Marlow On Rothko - yay for Sky Arts! Short documentary companion piece to the current Rothko exhibition at Tate Modern, which I wrote about last week - 5/5

Flight Of The Conchords: Girlfriends - Murray is a legend - 4/5

Argumental - moderately amusing comedy game show, won't be watching it again - 3/5

Great Railway Journeys Of The World: Confessions Of A Train Spotter - 1980 and Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh by train, taking a route through Birmingham and Crewe, crossing the country to York then up the ECML to Edinburgh and beyond. I like these old programmes that give a glimpse on how things used to look. Having recently been to Euston station it was interesting to see how much it still looks like it did back in 1980. Being an ex-trainspotter myself, I was interested in seeing some of the diesels I either used to spot or which left service before I started, like the Class 26 and the Deltics... I'll get my anorak - 4/5

The Daily Show: 28th October - 4/5

Dead Set: Episode 1.1 - Charlie Brooker's zombie horror set in the Big Brother house. Far, far better than I had expected, this is perhaps the best thing ever on E4. It's much darker than I had expected, but Brooker's script also infuses it with wit and knowing touches. The production values are high and as someone who regulary watches Big Brother, it also gives an interesting behind-the-scenes insight. A great cameo from Davina McCall too. A quality effort all round - 5/5

Grand Designs: The Regency Villa, Surrey - I'm always a little disappointed by Grand Designs when the project doesn't get finished. Usually these become the subject of Grand Designs Revisited, but not in this case so there's no way of knowing just how it all turned out. On the other hand, season 2, which this episode is from, is being re-released early next year so there's a chance that some new Revisited segments could have been filmed - 4/5